Our Services

Practical help with every part of organising aged care

Whether you are just beginning or already partway through, we help you understand what is happening and get organised — in plain English.

Our Services

How We Help

Six practical ways we take the pressure off families organising aged care.

Aged Care Navigation

Understand where you are in the aged-care process and what your next steps are, explained in plain English.

Assessment Preparation

Organise your information and prepare to explain the older person's day-to-day support needs clearly and accurately.

Provider Comparison

Research suitable providers and compare services, fees, availability and other considerations that matter to your family.

Agreement Support

Understand the information contained in provider agreements and identify questions or inconsistencies to raise with the provider before signing.

This is general navigation support, not legal advice.

Care Planning Support

Prepare for care-planning discussions and make sure you understand what services are being proposed.

Ongoing Family Support

Practical support, organisation, communication and follow-up as your family's circumstances change.

Why Us

Why Families Choose Independent Support

Plain English

We explain complicated processes without unnecessary jargon.

Independent Support

We help you compare your options without being the organisation providing your care.

Organised

We help keep information, questions, documents and next steps organised.

Family-Focused

We work around what matters to the client and their family.

Our Role

Understanding Our Role

Being clear about what we do — and what we don't do — is part of being an independent support service.

We do

  • Help families understand the aged-care process
  • Help organise information
  • Support communication with relevant organisations
  • Help compare provider options
  • Help families prepare questions
  • Help organise follow-up
  • Support care-planning discussions
  • Provide practical ongoing family support

We don't

  • Make aged-care assessment decisions
  • Guarantee funding or approval outcomes
  • Provide medical or clinical advice unless appropriately qualified
  • Provide legal advice
  • Replace a client's doctor, nurse, allied-health professional or care provider
  • Make decisions that belong to the client or their legally authorised representative
  • Tell clients to exaggerate or misrepresent their circumstances

Not Sure What To Do Next?

Tell us what's happening and we'll help you work out the next steps.